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Patent GB-190406220-A (GB)
Title: Bag Making Machine Combined with a Printing Machine by Means of Apparatus for Conveying and Manipulating the Bags.
Inventor: HOELSCHER HERMANN
Filed: 1904-03-14
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 6220. H÷lscher, H. March 14. Printing - apparatus combined with conveyers, and machines for making paper and Like bags; feeding sheets; folding paper.-A paper-bag making machine for flat bottom paper bags, is connected to a cylinder printing- machine by means of a conveyer which turns the bag about as regards the direction of the feed and also folds the end so as to leave two smooth whole sides for printing upon. The bag when leaving the machine c is carried by belts a, b with the bottom forward. After passing between rollers e, f, g, h, the bag is received on an endless belt D which receives a to and-fro motion by means of the crank-actuated mechanism t, u, v, w, x, so that the bags are delivered at regular intervals to the conveyer belts F, the top ends being now forward. As the bag passes through rollers G, H, it is cheuked by an oscillating blade K to correct any irregularity in the feed. When the bag reaches the upper part of the roller 1, the front edge of the flat bottom is received over an oscillating blade and the back edge is held by a rising and falling gripper plate until the front edge is folded back, after which the bag is released and is received at 24 by the grippers of the printing-machine cylinder 25.
Patent GB-190407170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to File Cutting Machines.
Inventor: CORNTHWAITE DANIEL
Filed: 1904-03-25
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 7170. Cornthwaite, D. March 25. File-cutting machines.-The feed motion in a vertical file-cutting machine is continuous, and is obtained from a pulley A on the main shaft by a band a driving a pulley C on a shaft D from which it is transmitted to a screw H by means of bevelwheels F, G, a jockey-wheel B being used to adjust the tension of the belt. The travelling bed K is fed along by means of a split nut in the box L, which is made to engage the screw H by a lever-actuated cam-slotted plate. The cutterslide bearing M is provided with an eccentric lever P by means of which the cutter can be held out of contact with the cams, and the machine thus be kept running while the file is being changed.
Patent GB-190415468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Electric Lamps, Rectifiers, and the like
Inventor: WEINTRAUB EZECHIEL
Filed: 1904-07-11
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 15,468. Weintraub, E. July 11, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Vacuum tubes.-Relates to arrangements for starting vapour lamps and rectifiers, and for producing and maintaining the vacuum in such apparatus. In the direct - current lamp shown, two anodes 10, 11 in connection with the positive main 18 are placed in and at rightangles to the axis of the envelope 1 and its enlargement 9, and the lower one is cut away or perforated to permit of the clear passage of a carbon filament 16 which depends from the upper one. When starting the apparatus by closing the switch 19 to connect the starting-electrode 6 to the main 18, the arc which is initially formed between the electrodes 5, 6 produces an arc between the electrodes 5, 10 ; the production of this arc is assisted by the filament 16, along which current flows until the arc is completely established. During the exhaustion of the envelope by means of an air pump, current is switched on to the apparatus, and is passed during successive intervals through first one and then the other of the anodes 10, 11. These anodes having been rendered gas-absorbing by preliminary heating and cooling, each in turn acts to absorb some of the gases driven off from that electrode which for the time being carries the current, the larger portion being as usual removed by the pump. The gas-absorbing property of the anodes is also utilized to maintain the vacuum in the envelope. For this purpose, the anode 10 is made of an absorbing-material such as charcoal or of an open graphite shell filled with charcoal, and is not used as a current-conductor during normal operation of the lamp, but only as an absorbing-medium to take up gases driven out from the anode 11. The arc which, as described above, extends downwards from the anode 10 during the starting-period, quickly transfers itself to the anode 11, this action being hastened by the insertion of an iron-wire resistance 21 in the connection between the anodes. On account of this action, the auode 11 may be made of titanium or other carbide. The lamp is also shown as provided with a starting-electrode 6, the mercury of which is raised above the separating-bridge 4 when the apparatus is out of operation by means of a floating sealed tube 7 containing iron wires; when the switch 19 is closed, the current in a solenoid 8 lifts the float 7, breaks the connection between the electrodes 5, 6, and starts the arc over the bridge 4. The gas-absorbing anode may be applied also to a single-phase alternating- current lamp or rectifier, there being in this case two anodes 11 in connection separately with the two mains and, as before, a connection containing a resistance 21 between the anode 10 and one of the anodes 11. If desired, the filament may in all cases be dispensed with, and the anode 10 completely disconnected from the electric circuits, so that it acts only as a vacuum-preserving device.
Patent GB-190415528-A (GB)
Title: Improved Contrivance for Turving the Leaves of a Pamphlet or Book.
Inventor: SHARP BENSON
Filed: 1904-07-12
Granted: 1905-07-12
Abstract: 15,528. Sharp, B. July 12. Leaf-turners.-An appliance for turning leaves of music, pamphlets, or the like consists of a series of arms to hold the leaves, which are turned by rotating fingers, moved by means of a pedal or similar device under control of the reader. A folding stand, which may be stood on a horizontal surface or rested against an object as on a pianoforte, consists of (1) a central member a<0> to which is fixed a spring rod held under a catch a<2> to retain the music ; (2) two links a<5>, pivoted at the top of the link a<0>, and (3) two others a' pivoted to the links a<5> at the bottom and sliding at their inner ends along the central link a<0>. The back of the frame is similar, but has no central link and has its two members a<4> pivoted together. The two parts are hinged at the top so as to enable the whole to be stood on a table. At the top of the stand is fixed the frame for the leaf-turner. On the pivot d are mounted eight arms e<3>, e<4>, &c., each being provided with two ears through which the pivot passes and carrying at their outer ends links f, which at their other end have clips f<0> for holding the leaves. The arms e<4> &c. are also provided with extensions h which are of varying length, so that the arms g<1>, g<2> may engage them one by one. A split nut g<3>, which runs on the screw i, fixed to the framework, carries the arms g', g<2> and the rectangular frame j. The screw i is mounted eccentrically to the pivot d. The leaf is turned by the operator depressing a pedal, which, by means of a Bowden transmission member, &c., actuates a toothed segment which turns a toothed wheel having a crown ratchet connection to the frame j. This frame then turns, and the arm g<2> moves the arm e<4> over to the left-hand position. When the movement is nearly complete, the eccentricity of the spindle d causes the arm g<2> to disengage from the projection h. At the same time, the nut g<3> travels down the screw, and the arm g<1> is ready to pick up the next projection h. The nut g<3> is split and held on to the screw i by springs. This enables it to be returned to any part of the screw by opening the nut. The Provisional Specification includes the use of any motive power for the appliance.
Patent GB-190421474-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Safety Pin.
Filed: 1904-10-06
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 21,474. Twin Safety Pin Co., and Buckelew, A. Oct. 6. Safety-pins.-A safety-pin consists of two parts, a strip 1, Fig. 3, of sheet metal, and a U-shaped pin provided with prongs 6. The end 2 of the strip is bent round to form a hinge for the pin, while the other is bent downwards and provided with lips 4. When the pin is in position, a garment may be suspended from it by means of hooks 9, Fig. 2, engaging with the metal strip 1.
Patent GB-190423470-A (GB)
Title: Paddle-wheel.
Inventor: WIMAN GUSTAF ADAM
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 23,470. Wiman, G. A., and Schauman, F. Oct. 31. Paddle-wheels.-The floats a are feathured by mounting them on pivots provided with crosspieces each having two pins or rollers e which work in circular slots g, g' formed eccentrically in plates on either side of the paddle-box. At the point g<2> where the two grooves intersect, the rollers change groove. In order to avoid the dead point at g<3>, the plates on either side are so placed that the position of the grooves in one plate differ by 90‹ from that in the other plate.
Patent GB-190424383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ring Spinning Frames.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-11-10
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 24,383. Thompson, W. P., [Burkard, P.]. Nov. 10. Spindle appar a t u s .-In ring throstles, uniformity in tension for the varying twists of the threads and dimensions of the bobbin is secured by arranging that the number of ravolutions which the traveller makes upon the ring shall be proportionate to the diameter of the winding. The improvement is applicable to ring spinning-frames with revolving rings, and particularly to the devices described in the French Specification No. 243,843, A.D. 1894, in which the rings are driven at a variable speed, for the purpose of regulating, by the friction of the traveller, the tension of the thread for the different diameters of the winding of the bobbin. An eccentric or cam 19 of variable stroke, and composed of a series of eccentrics or flat cams placed side by side, is driven from the shaft of the ring rail through bevel-gearing 20, 21, and acts upon the bowl 22 of a lever 23, which is keyed on to the shaft 11 and adjustably connected with a lever 16 through a lever 8 and adjusting-screw 10. The motion of the eccentric is controlled by the copping- plate of the ring rail by means of a fork engaging a groove on the eccentric, but either the eccentric or the bowl may be movable. The motion of the lever 16 is communicated to the lever 17 by means of a stud 18 which serves to regulate according to the variations in the twist to be put in the yarn. the extent of the displacement communicated by the eccentric to the strap on the cones 1, 2 of the ring-driving mechanism. A method is described of designing the eccentric 19.
Patent GB-190502744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: CROIL THOMAS
Filed: 1905-02-10
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 2744. Croil, T. Feb. 10. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the general arrangement of combined front and rear wheel driving-gear, in which a vertical tilting movement of the axle takes place when a wheel is passing over obstructions, and to steering-gear therefor. A longitudinal shaft 12 transmits motion to two live axles 33, 66 through bevel-wheels 51, 68 at its extremities. These axles have interposed differential gear 37 and pinions 41 on their ends which rotate the wheels of the vehicle, which are connected by fixed axles, by spur-wheels 42. The bevel gearing of the front axle is contained in a bearing-box depending from the underside of a horizontal wheel or disk 15 by arch-shaped straps 27. This wheel turns by interposed antifriction rollers on an upper wheel, on which the U-shaped portion of the frame rests, when actuated by the steering-pillar 20. The steering-pillar 20, which is adjusted by rotation about an axis 18, rotates the shaft 18 through bevel-gear 19, 21. This causes the worm 17 to move the segmental rack 16 of the disk 15 and carry round the steering-wheels 10 without disengagement of the driving bevel-wheels 36,50,51.
Patent GB-190502753-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Damping and Affixing Adhesive Stamps.
Inventor: VORSTER BASTIAAN CAREL AUGUST
Filed: 1905-02-10
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 2753. Vorster, B. C. A. Feb. 10. Cutting-machines for postage and like stamps.- Consists of details described, but not claimed, in Specification No. 18,900, A.D. 1904. The stamp strip wound upon the reel 1 is pressed between the drum 3 and roller 4 by the spring 35, and passes thence under a guide-opening 39, until the perforated dividing-line between the first two stamps rests over a sharp edge flush with the top of a frame 21, the lower end of which slides up and down on a water trough 19. This frame is mounted on two guide-rods, on which are helical springs tending to press it upwards, and level with its upper edge are the upper ends of three wicks forming a damping-pad 17. Between the wicks are placed two thin piates 42, serving as a support to the end stamp. The stamp-affixing instrument, shown in Fig. 4, is introduced into the guideopening, and the handle 53 is pressed downwards against the action of the spring 25, when the end stamp is removed by the shearing action of the sharp edge, and penetrated by the pins 28, and, in the lowest position of the frame 21, Fig. 2, its adhesive underside is damped by the pad 17. Simultaneously, the slotted lever 37 is operated by the pin 38 attached to the frame, moving the lever 9, pivoted to the axle of the drum 3, against the action of the spring 10, thus removing the driving-pawl 8 from the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 7. On removing the stamp-affixing instrument with the stamp attached, the frame 21 moves upward under the action of its springs, a spring stud 12 is forced out of a recess 11 in the drum, and the latter is rotated by the pawl 8, owing to the return of the lever 9, until the stud springs into the next recess, such rotation serving to feed on the next stamp into the required position. To ensure uniform rotation of the drum, it is geared with a pin 51, on the axis of which is a fly-wheel 52.
Patent GB-190507359-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Automatically Regulating the Resistance on a Switch-board for Electrical Driven Machines or Lights, in conjunction with the Governor of the Engine.
Inventor: LAMB JOHN
Filed: 1905-04-07
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 7359. Lamb, J., and Newton, O. T. April 7. Centrifugal governors; transmitting-mechanism.-A generator is regulated simultaneously with the prime-mover in accordance with the load, which may consist of a number of motors or lamps. This is effected by an arm oscillated by the governor o the engine actuatiug the regulating- switch of the driven dynamo by means of wire cords when the governor actuates the steam valve. The governor a on the crank shaft p has a sliding sleeve controlled by levers a', and the pivoted lever b works in an annular groove on the sleeve. The lever b is connected to the arm d' on a sleeve e by a rod c, so that movements of the governor cause the sleeve e to oscillate. The sleeve e is controlled by a tension spring q and is provided with two other arms d', d<3>, the former being connected to the steam valve i by levers g, h, the latter d' being attached to the oscillating arm j. This arm carries two stretching screws k, k<1>, to which are fastened the switch-operating wires, which pass over guide-pulleys l. l<1> to the switch wheel m. The wires pass round the wheel m in two opposite screw-threads, and slots o are made in the wheel to permit adjustment of the contactarm n over the contacts n<1>. When the governor sleeve moves the lever b, the sleeve e actuates the steam valve i by the lever g, and at the same time actuates the regulating-switch m by the oscillating armj.
Patent GB-190517825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cases and their Fittings for Holding Cartridges to be used for Sporting purposes
Inventor: MCARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1905-09-04
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 17,825. McArthur, J., and Prain, W. Sept. 4. Ammunition receptacles. - A box for holding cartridges consists of a frame 1, divided lengthways by parallel strips 2, to which are attached clips 3 for holding the cartridges 5. The cartridges in alternate rows are held at different levels, as in Specification No. 4808, A.D. 1881, by strips 4 attached to the bottom of the box.
Patent GB-190518910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Controlling Devices for Gas Stoves.
Inventor: SCHOFIELD WILLIAM BLAIR
Filed: 1905-09-19
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 18,910. Schofield, W. B. Sept. 19. Actuating valves and cocks; plug cocks.-Relates to apparatus for automatically turning on and igniting the gas when a cooking-utensil &c. is put in position on a stove. The bent lever a pivoted at a' and normally maintained in its raised position by the spring f, is connected to the gas-supply cock by the rod h, in such a manner that when it is depressed the supply is turned on. Clamping-devices c are arranged so that the arm may be fixed in any suitable position. Means are also provided for regulating the gas supply independently of the automatic arrangement. The usual bored plug f of the gas cock fits and turns in the tubular valve i, which has diametrically-opposite ports normally registering with the port j<1>. When the lever a is operated by the cooking-utensil, the valve i and plug j move together, but the latter may afterwards be moved independently. Stops m<1>, against which the pin i<3> on the tube i and the handle k on the plug j make contact, limit the movement of the valves and ensure that, whatever the position of the regulating-valvej, both valves will be brought back to their original closed position on the lifting of the cooking-utensil.
Patent GB-190602448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ironing Machines.
Inventor: KINGSFORD DONALD JEAKIN
Filed: 1906-01-31
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 2448. Kingsford. D. J., and Bucking- ham, T. A. Jan. 31. Guards.-The movement of the guard - plate s u spended in front of the roller of an ironing-machine is transmitted to a pawl engaging directly or indirectly with a notch in the striking bar, which being thereupon released is forced by a spring to stop or reverse the machine. A notch D in the end of the spring-controlled striking bar X is engaged, when the machine is running, by a pawl C carried by a rocking shaft B connected by means of the adjustable levers E, H and link G and pivoted guard-plate F. In a modification, the pawl C engages with a notch in an auxiliary spring-controlled rod, the end of which, when released, acts upon a projection on the striking bar, causing it to stop or reverse the machine. The pawl C is depressed to engage with the notch by gravity alone or by a spring.
Patent GB-190603962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Compensating Gear, Shafts and Axles for Self-propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: CRITCHLEY JAMES SIDNEY
Filed: 1906-02-17
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 3962. Critchley, J. S., and Norris, W. Feb. 17. Toothed gearing. - Relates to the construction and mounting of the compensating - gear, compensating- shafts, and axles of motor-vehicles, and to the method of connexion between the driving - axles and the road wheels, the principal objects of the invention being to facilitate dismounting and adjustment, and to relieve the compensating gear shafts from all external binding stresses caused by the distortion of the frame or axles. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a vehicle driven by side chains. The bevel planet wheels 3 are separated by a distance-piece, and revolve upon a pin carried by the frame 6. The balance pinions 2 are slidably mounted on the squared ends of the compensating-shafts 1, and rotate on ball bearings 13 in the frame 6, the end thrust being taken by adjustable bearings 17. The frame 6 itself rotates on bearings 12 in the fixed casing 9, and is movable endwise by nuts 15 adjusting the thrust bearings 14. The adjustable thrust bearings ensure correct meshing between the bevelwheels of the balance gear. The outer ends of the compensating- shafts are provided with thrust bearings 19 carried by a flanged collar 18 formed in halves, and rotate on ball bearings 22. If the vehicle frame becomes distorted, the ball bearing 13 permits the shaft 1 to adjust itself without setting up binding stresses. The axles 1 may be removed by sliding them inwards until the thrust collar 18 is free. To dismantle the differential gear, the bevelwheel 8 is unbolted from the frame 6, access being obtained through a cover hole in the casing, and the whole can then be removed through side covers. Spur balance gearing may be used in the place of the bevel-gearing shown.
Patent GB-190607824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Production of Sounds for Indicators, Signals, and Musical Instruments.
Inventor: LAFITTE JOACHIM
Filed: 1906-03-31
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 7824. Lafitte, J. Dec. 5, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Whistles.-Relates to apparatus for producing sounds for lighthouse and shore signals &c. by compressed air, steam, exhaust of motor-cars &c., in which one or more sonorous pipes a communicate with one or more distributing - pipes b through apertures c and have inclined partitions d to direct the fluid coming from the pipe b towards lateral openings e, through which the fluid is directed by partitions f. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the pipe b has a spring-controlled shutter g, by which the fluid is caused to enter the sonorous pipe a. When applied to organs, other shutters g<1> are arranged outside the apertures e and are controlled from the keyboard. The partitions and lateral openings of the pipes a are arranged at suitable distances to produce sounds of different tones or pitch, the said sounds being emitted separately or simultaneously. When applied to motor-cars, a single opening e may be employed, but for other purposes several openings may be combined for simultaneously producing sounds of the same or different tone.
Patent GB-190611656-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with Portable Dust Bins and the like.
Inventor: GREEN WALTER ORBELL
Filed: 1906-05-18
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 11,656. Green, W. O. May 18. Dust - bins. - A flange D on the lid dips, to form a water seal, into an internal or external channel A containing water. When external, the channel is rectangular in section.
Patent GB-190612013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Travelling Grates.
Inventor: JELTSCH MAX
Filed: 1906-05-23
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 12,013. Jeltsch, M. May 23. Mechanical stoking.-In furnaces with travelling grates, a " door " or regulator is fitted at the front of the furnace so as to regulate the thickness of the fuel. The "door" consists of two parts 1, Fig. 1, connected by a pivot 3 and a bolt 14, by adjustment of which the thickness of the fuel at the sides h' may be varied without affecting the thickness at the middle line h<1>, thus compensating for the more rapid combustion at the sides. The "door" may be raised or lowered in its guides 5 by a shaft 10 and bevel-gear 11 rotating the screws 8. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the two parts of the " door are adjusted on their pivot 3 by means of a vertical screw 23 working in a bracket 17 on the one part and a bearing 24 on the other. The upper end of the screw 23 works loosely in a guide-bracket 21 on the furnace front.